Telegram-herald., 1887-01-08
.HONCONKLIHGOTOUT
TIE SPECIAL COMMITTEES 8lP@I
a yot4nsiao4s Document Laced 60
FHa ~lgbosf 5sias Read -i'roposi-
too 70 ACCEPT ire west ; Dc
Co4rt rto4ss Site.

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At A- m.f1as session 1i .ls Board 90
rerst.or. vssteriss Nr ohs..aek offered
a sesoI4lea 20 sal tas SIZE ~ o eo..sf
hanse aIsrsd ~ las citizens 81 re west +
SIDE ice report ~ tl- .9aln .t-sr appointed +
lo receive proposals CO site aud super /
r.sar .,-zstees resolution 10 build "a TIE /
lie nos aeeanl. FL - the County bAla.n1 /
we're ia The seseis ei-sr. bar t1sg were
aat Considered tle Whole matter. slln 81
saaltilk resolution. Ealn- over anft ueA-
TUESDAY saen ii ulll again come up l1ler
.ls head &c special order
A. the aftefalon session the special eoit-
airfs@ appoiA .s1 a. the u1-1rer session 10
rn.a-tieais BHakv Morgan :. ALAS ConE
1n. escape isgm ths al submitted is re-
port bulky document consisting u over
fasr hundred pages closely printed viii a
type eritsr The report. aside from the ~
.fencs taxen bg the committee. reads a. FOL
loss
orr special COMMITTEES 10 whom ~as
ressrret the matter of the Investigator oi
the -aeape az Que Charles C0nklIn from the
n ems county AL beg leave % report "a Al
they have carefully iuFesti gai11 the matter
AMI are of Tie opinion that customary care
ana a ligenee have been exercised uy thriall
authorities during the time " salt COnkhn
confinement as a prisoner. and your con-
mitfee also al that ln considerstlon OF the
notorious character OF said COuklln, extra
DrscAufi0n SEEMS 90 have been taken ~ PIE
vent as escape DY placing Wateh4uah on
flfs at the .4.l and also by placing extra
/ .oss, On The prison doors 10 also appears
20 YOUR COMMITTEES that proper ARE vas not
taaen or exercised lu placing Use guard on
I .srrrirrirg one Harry Hacket.. prisoner
uudue PRIVILEGES in ana about the jail pend
In- TIE imur s0uflrnf % C0ukiln. ToNr
COMMITTEES can conceive how ibis Harry
! H.ck-st may nave taken impressions OF the
/ .tiI k.es tui thereby furnished means Tor
/ the sald lonkilus escape. Tour commit
/ Zee report IS basel upon the evidence ia
/ tae case Which IS herewith submitted AMI
! ask fo he discharged.
IS hen the report Vas received supervisor
1 Sullivan proposed 20 have DC read Ar.
I I4rn-. chairman 0f the committee, d't lot
; f.e' able Pa 10 through il and n. sullivan
( moved thar &c or read ov the Clerk i1s
/ Clerk turned pale sud gasped .or breath As
{ " hs was about 10 be sentenced Tor some
/ ho-ri1.e crime and then followed = niue
/ discussion rs 10 the time would take %
I read d. Mr. Walker sympatAizcd With me
/ Clerk snd helped hlm out By proposns
-tat Mr. Payne be required 20 state tie
s41s-au e at the report. The Supervisors
| rneu seemed ~ begin % realize the punish
/ ment which the rNdiug Ot the document
/ would int'ct uNon them. and they
finally sareed % take Mr.. Payne word for
! its contents lie TOOK the floor and SAID
that he eyidencs showed that the corridor
/ door was certainly not locked the night
hat Conklin escaped that hsckeu Sas out
from The IA, that night. though prisoner.
! until 20 y IN. thar such absences Of prs
| nuers had occurred before such practice as
20 prisoners had not been known IN pre-
| gi0ls administrations; there MAS gross care
icssness in the management Of the lail
! about the time OF C0nshus escape. the
Guard should not, the committee think.
/ have been posted outside the Jail, the testi-
n0ry bad been 50 contradictory the
COMMITTEES was positive that wit
nesses had been guilty Of perjury, he re-
viewed The testimony OF one - I. Allen
| Clark AMI Jones. in this conneclon. the
! comm t-e found that With due care as ~
che privileges ct prisoner. etc, no sucn
escape could have occurred. that an eNperi
loeksmith from Connecticut vas here M
I.srr ms interest lust before the escape
Derhars HscAett FURNISHED him with lm
LESSONS from which 90 make skeleton
KEYS. tle committee found defects ia tbs
I.cxs iu 1.ne-s' the committee could no
SAY .nst The testimony would convict
man on criminal trial. amt io
shat reason was not disposed t'
.r.minate the late -nss.i It's report
Nr PAYNE was Questioned as to the man
re- 10 vn..l tae evidence had been Oh
: .ained or tssen and it was cOnfended b-
some 90 tne members tla- some a. The iesii
/ mrnv aat been changed after it bad beti
+ written olt for the committee. some 20 ~
members c0ut-rded rhat tee committee ha
. exceeded is authority that 10 was Tot ar